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Make Visual Opaque and Transparent
Hi
I have 1 slicer (drop down menu) and 1 visual (any visual can be used).
I want my visual to be opaque (very blurry) when a user has not selected a value from the slicer. Once the user selects a value from the slicer then the visual will be 100% transparent.
Is this possible on POWER BI?
Hi bobbob123 ,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Community.
At this time, Power BI does not support dynamically changing visual opacity or applying blur effects based on slicer selection. As noted by Deku (thanks for the helpful insights), a common workaround is overlaying a shape with conditional transparency. However, this may block interaction with the visual, including tooltips.
For visuals like bar or scatter charts, you can conditionally return blanks using DAX (e.g., IF(ISFILTERED(...), [Measure], BLANK())) to hide content until a slicer is used.
While this approach doesn't offer true opacity control, it can help guide user interaction. For more advanced UX, consider using a conditional text box as an instruction prompt.
If this is a feature you’d like to see, we recommend submitting or voting on a suggestion via the Fabric Ideas - Microsoft Fabric Community
If this post helps, then please give us Kudos and consider Accept it as a solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Thankyou.
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You could put a shape in front of the visual and conditionally colour it semi transparent colour, then conditionally make it see through. The issue is you will not be able to select the visual behind which will degrade the user experience
If it was a bar chart you could get your measure to return blanks or set a very low opacity colour, but what you requested is not possible. If this is some you want to see add a idea of upvote a similar idea on the fabric ideas forum
Hi bobbob123 ,
Thanks for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Community.
At this time, Power BI does not support dynamically changing visual opacity or applying blur effects based on slicer selection. As noted by Deku (thanks for the helpful insights), a common workaround is overlaying a shape with conditional transparency. However, this may block interaction with the visual, including tooltips.
For visuals like bar or scatter charts, you can conditionally return blanks using DAX (e.g., IF(ISFILTERED(...), [Measure], BLANK())) to hide content until a slicer is used.
While this approach doesn't offer true opacity control, it can help guide user interaction. For more advanced UX, consider using a conditional text box as an instruction prompt.
If this is a feature you’d like to see, we recommend submitting or voting on a suggestion via the Fabric Ideas - Microsoft Fabric Community
If this post helps, then please give us Kudos and consider Accept it as a solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Thankyou.
Hi bobbob123 ,
I wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the information provided. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions. If my response has addressed your query, please accept it as a solution and give a 'Kudos' so other members can easily find it.
Thank you.
Hi @bobbob123 ,
I wanted to check if you had the opportunity to review the information provided. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions. If my response has addressed your query, please accept it as a solution and give a 'Kudos' so other members can easily find it.
Thank you.Hi bobbob123 ,
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